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While most of the United States is facing a shockingly high number of flu cases this season, Santa Barbara has so far managed to steer relatively clear of the tenacious bug. The outbreak has officially reached epidemic proportions, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying on Friday that 7.3 percent of deaths last week were caused by pneumonia and the flu.

According to Susan Klein-Rothschild with Santa Barbara County’s Public Health Department, 22 cases of the influenza virus have been confirmed in 402 people tested since October 1, 2012. One person, an 80-year-old county resident, died from the illness.

Klein-Rothschild noted, however, that reporting mandates are limited, and that the data includes only people in intensive care and voluntary reports from medical providers. Klein-Rothschild said she predicts flu numbers to go up on the South Coast in February and encouraged area residents to get vaccinated as soon as they can. Find more information on that here.

Every year, an average of 200,000 U.S. citizens are hospitalized with complications from the flu, and around 36,000 die, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In order to inform the Santa Barbara community about the virus, Dr. Takashi Wada with Public Health will make a short presentation at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, January 15, at around 9:00 a.m.

He will discuss the current state of the virus and where Santa Barbara stands in relation to California and the rest of the country. Wada will also discuss where to get vaccinated, who should get vaccinated, and common indicators of the illness.

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Regarding "…encouraged area residents to get vaccinated as soon as they can…"

The CDC openly admits that vaccines contain a toxic cocktail of metals and synthetic chemicals that are known to cause neurological damage. Ingredients can include aluminum, mercury, MSG, and formaldehyde.

This industrial filth suppresses the immune system, which makes getting the flu more likely rather than less.

“According to the CDC, the flu vaccine reduces the odds of getting the flu by 70% to 90%. You may wonder why there's such a wide range. And in fact, it's even wider than it seems: that statistic only applies to healthy adults. It turns out that the effectiveness of the flu vaccine depends on a number of different factors. Here's a rundown of what they are.”...

Assuming you are referring to an MD, considering that these practitioners have been trained in medical schools that increasingly are funded by, and heavily influenced by, vaccine manufacturers, and that (see link at bottom) at least some of these pharmaceutical corporations are criminal organizations and/or credibly suspected to be (GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Phizer,... ), it doesn't seem reasonable to me to make a decision to inject a cocktail of toxins into one's body because the practitioner selling it deems it OK.

"…it doesn't seem reasonable to me to make a decision to inject a cocktail of toxins into one's body because the practitioner selling it" –JohnTieber (Joined: Jan. 14, 2013, 4 posts)

How demeaning and what awful logic: Some doctors benefit from pharmaceutical sales therefore don’t trust your doctor. Some new posters are trolls therefore JohnTieber is a troll. Weak. My GP lives in SB, is an avid bicyclist and has always treated me quickly and effectively, usually without drugs. I suspect there are plenty of MDs that offer honest and competent service, I’ll stick my neck out and say most do. One indication that this is the norm is the significant increase in our average lifespan realized in a generation or two. What are your medical credentials JohnTieber? Ever stitched someone up, cured a disease or set a bone? Done any bona fide medical research? If you have, we’d all benefit from hearing about your results.

The CDC is not a credible source (which is why I used the word "openly" in my second sentence above; i.e. "EVEN the CDC admits…").

I doubt it's necessary for me to elaborate on the increasing corruption at the federal level exemplified by the revolving door between the giant (and often criminal) transnational corporations and the agencies who supposedly regulate them, but which increasingly are simply acting as their public relations firms.

Regarding the CDC, here's just one of numerous examples (search engine results page link for 'CDC pharmaceutical revolving door' is at bottom):

Excerpt: "…Dr. Julie Gerberding, who headed the CDC from 2002 through 2009, landed a top job with Merck, one of the largest drug companies in the world. Her job there? She's the new president of the vaccine division…"

Additional information (from three sources, each followed by an excerpt) regarding how, while at the beach, and without exposing oneself to potentially dangerous industrial toxins within products produced by transnational criminal organizations, one can strengthen one's immune system against seasonal flu and other typically non-life threatening temporary afflictions.

"…There's a growing mountain of evidence that indicates that having enough vitamin D in your body is essential to reducing your risk of every disease that we know of.…[instructions:] simply google "latitude of the name of your city." Once you have the latitude of your city…"_________________

"…Vitamin D also helps prevent the flu and colds and infections. In an observational study of Finnish soldiers, those with 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels higher than 16 ng/mL (40 nmol/L) had fewer respiratory infections than those with lower levels.(v) More recently, in a double-blind randomized controlled trial involving school girls, supplementation with 1200 IU/d of vitamin D3 during the wintertime significantly reduced influenza A infections…"_________________

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I have never, nor would I ever, consider NaturalNews.com a "quotable information source, " whatever that might be.

NaturalNews.com is a compendium site, as is, for instance, Huffington Post and many others. I doubt any person reasonably familiar with online media would assume that everything posted on such sites is equally credible.

In none of my previous comments did I recommend a specific site, only specific articles. In at least one instance, in fact, because I felt that portions of an article were not credible, I purposely recommended only a specific portion of the article ('...lists 18 ingredients of a typical flu shot...').